Phillip Vaughan
Email: phillip.vaughan@gmail.com Website: www.vaughangallery.com
Phone: (510)258-7631

Seeking a position that utilizes my art, graphic design, and animation skills such as those that are required in traditional art, games, and web design.

Dedication and drive as a hard-working individual
Solid computer graphics and creative experience
Exceptional versatility and adaptability
Superlative communication and project planning skills
Ability to manage multiple tasks in a pressured environment

Photoshop
Illustrator
Web Design, HTML
Traditional Art, Drawing, Painting, Oils, Acrylic, and Watercolor
Comics and Cartooning, Penciling, Inking, and Digital Toning

Joedon Comics April 2006 & April 2007- APE Comic Convention, Bakerville Comic and Smoo Comic

Borders Books [October 2004- September 2005]
Projects: Inventory, Paperchase Merchandiser
Position: Warehouse IPT/Bookseller
Duties: Displaying new book and media releases, organizing periodicals and displaying them at the appropriate time, handling special orders. Shelving books which includes; categorizing, alphabetizing, and facing

Steve's Hallmark [October 1999- September 2004, October 2005- November 2006]
Projects: Visual Merchandiser/Warehouse Manager
Duties: Merchandised store displays, created signs and flyers for store events and promotions. Weekly deliveries to eleven stores, receiving shipments, splitting shipments, distribution of seasonal and everyday Hallmark products and supply requests Reorganization of bay area hub warehouse, and outside storage units

Five Star Cookware [December 1998- January 2000]
Projects: Design and Html code for fivestarcookware.com web site.
Position: Freelance, I designed and created a web site which advertised their cookware and other goods.

LED Effects [May 1997- November 1999]
Projects: Casino style game graphics for video poker and video slot machines.
Position: Freelance
Duties: my job was to create graphics that were small, yet easy to read for the target market.

ATI Technologies Inc. [September 1995- February 1996]
Projects: Graphics for Super Descent and Super Bubsy computer games.
Position: Artist/Animator
Duties: Enhancing the graphics for both games, improving the quality of the graphics.

The Learning Company [January 1994- August 1994]
Projects: Graphics for Treasure Galaxy and Super Treasure Mountain.
Position: In house Contractor Artist/Animator,
Duties: Worked with the producer and production group to create fun educational games for children.

Visual Concepts [March 1993- August 1993]
Projects: Graphics for Clay Fighter and Lester the Unlikely video games.
Position: Artist/Animator
Duties: I enhanced graphics and created background images.

Strategic Simulations Inc. [June 1992- March 1993]
Projects: Graphics for Dark Sun video game.
Position: Artist/Animator
Duties: worked as part of a team, creating video game graphics.

Epyx Inc. [January 1990- June 1992]
Projects: Graphics for Xenophobe, Slime World, Studio of Greetings, Windows Getaway, Bible Builder and others.
Position: Artist/Animator
Duties: Designing all necessary artwork for video/computer game graphics, illustration, graphic design, and animation.

Two years of R.O.P. Art and Design
Currently attending Ohlone College, art major

Body Tribe, Sacramento, CA - 5/13/06, 7/8/06, 3/10/07, 5/12/07
Motley Art, Benicia, CA - 9/10/06, 10/8/06, 11/5/06
Alternative Press Expo (APE), SF, CA- 4/8 & 4/9/06, 4/21 & 4/22/07
Newark Java, Newark, CA - 7/28/06
Alley Cuts, Sacramento, CA - 4/14/07
Art Space Norwich Gallery, Norwich, CT - 6/4/07